Pneumatic billiard-table



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E. L. MOCONAUG-HY. PNEUMATIC BILLIARD TABLE.

No. 460,592. Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

EDlVIN L. MCOONAUGHY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PNEUMATIC BlLLlARD-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,592, dated October6, 1891. Application filed December 2, 1890. Serial No. 373,333. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDWIN L. MCOONAUGHY, of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Pneumatic Billiard-Table, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a compact neat portablegame-board whereon a game for amusement may be played by the propulsionof balls on the board, the propelling force being a jet of\air soapplied as to direct one ball against another and locate one or moreballs in pockets or cavities in the surface of the board.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the board with its glazed top broken andballs on the board;

and Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through the center, asindicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

There is a preferably circular table A provided, which is mounted uponthree short legs a, that have their upper ends cut with screwthreads topermit an adjustment for length, whereby the table may be leveled whenon an uneven place, it being of advantage to have the devicehorizontally located when in use. Around the table A a cushion-wall B iserected, and upon a rabbeted edge of said wall a transparent cover 0 ofglass is located. There are series of cupped depressions b, termedpockets, formed in the surface of the table A, which are preferablyarranged in radial rows. Each pocket I) is given a different number,which designating-numerals are each marked plainly aside of the pocketit is to identify, and in the bottom of the pockets small perforations cfor the escape of air are formed. The balls d ef are of a proper sizeand made of a light material, such as cork, one being preferably coloredto distinguish it from the others, and in number may be increased ordiminished to two, if preferred. There are a series of apertures gformed in the cushionwall B at such a height that their centers will liein about the same horizontal plane with the axes of the balls d e f.

As a convenient means for producing a propelling-jet of air the ordinaryjet-blower D is preferably used, which, having an elastic airchamber hand a small nozzle h, will, when placed to insert the nozzle in one ofthe apertures g, produce a forcible air-jet, if the airchamber iscompressed, that may be directed against the ball nearest to the nozzleh and drive said ball'against another ball to carrom on it or be rolledgently to locate the ball impinged within a pocket.

The pockets b should have such a depth and breadth compared to thediameter of the balls (1 cf that any one of the latter named may bereadily unseated from the pocket it occupies when a jet of air isdirected at it or the pocketed ball is struck by asubsequently-projected ball.

The game consists in the skillful propulsion of the balls on the tableA, so as to secure the highest aggregate number of the pockets filled bysaid balls with a certain number of jets or air-puffs that are allowedto each contestant.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a table having a series ofcupped pockets in its top face, a cushion border-wall having spacedapertures therein, and a transparent top plate on said border-wall, of aseries of balls within that may be moved by air-jets through saidapertures, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a table having a cushion border-wall andpockets on its top face, of a set of balls to be moved when impingedupon by an air-jet, and an air-jet blower that is adapted to engage anyof a series of apertures in the cushion-wall and propel a ball by anissuing air-jet, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with a table having a series of cupped pockets in itstop face, a cushion border-wall having spaced apertures therein, and atransparent top plate on said border-wall, of a series of balls withinthat may be moved by air-jets through said apertures, and an air-jetblower, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a table, a series of spaced and numberedpockets thereon, a vertical border-Wall that is adapted to cushionballs, a glazed top plate, and adjustable legs, of a set of light ballswhich may be rolled by a puff of air, and an air-blower having a nozzlewhich will enter any of a series of pel'fora- 1o lions made in thebOWlGT-Wflll, substantially as set forth.

EDWIN L. MCCONAUGHY. Witnesses:

FRED. A. RIEHLE, WM. A. BAKER.

